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(No Model.)

E. G. WEST. CONDUCTOR GUT-OPP.

Patented Jan. 27,1891.

UNTTED TATns PATENT rricn.

ELBRIDGE G. VEST, OF OANANDAIGUA, NEIV YORK, ASSIGN OR OF ONE- IIALF TOALASOO O. ROBISON, OF SAME PLACE.

CONDUCTOR CUT-OFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent No. 445,516, dated January27, 1891.

Application iled Angust 8, 1890. Serial No.36ll81. (No model.)

To all 1071/0711/ t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELBRIDGE G. lVES'l, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canandaigua, in the countyot` Ontario and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Conductor Out-Ott, of which thefollowing' is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in eut-offs.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive attachment for rain-spouts and other conduits adapted to bereadily operated and capable of shutting oit the 'liow of rain-water toa cistern or reservoir.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l. is a side elevation of a portion of arain-spout provided with a eut-off constructed in accordance with thisinvention, the cut-oft beingl swung down and not in use. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal sectional view, the cnt-oit being shown inoperative position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view to show the flanges onthe cut-oft'.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l designates a rain-spoutprovided at its lower end with a sliding section 2,capable oflongitudinal movement on the rain-spout or supply-pipe l, and has itslower end 3 reduced slightly and adapted to Fit in the end al, of acistern-pipc 5 to form a continuous conduit to a cistern to permit thetlow ot' rain-water therein, and is adapted tobe withdrawn from theCistern-pipe and engage one arm G of an elbow 7, which is hinged to thecistern-pipe. rlhe elbow is hinged to the pipe 5, and is adapted to beswung on the hinge 8 to bring its arm G to a vertical position and inalignment with the rain-spout to receive the rcdueed end 3 of thesliding section 2 to torm a cut-ofi' for the rain-spout and direct waterthrough the horizontal arm 9 of the elbow and prevent it passing throughthe cisternpipe to the cistern or reservoir. The upper end i of thecistern-pipe 5 has its edge curved and provided with extensions 10,which form a seat for the arm 9 of the elbow when the said arm 9 is inahorizontal position and the cut-oft' is in operation, and the said armf) is provided with curved anges ll, which are arranged upon oppositesides of the arm and form deflectors to shed water and prevent anydripping from the rain-spout or supplypipe entering the cistern-pipewhen the cutoft is in use, and in winter the flanges prevent ice formingaround the seat and freezing the parts.

It will be seen that the cut-off is exceedingly simple and inexpensivein construetion, and is adapted to be readily applied to any rain-spoutand is el'teetive in its operation, and there is no liability of itsbecoming injured and useless. The cistern-pipe is arranged but a shortdistance below the rainspout, and the movement ot the sliding section 2to bring its reduced end into engagement with either the elbow or theeistern-pipe is limited.

From the foregoing description and the aecompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages ot the invention will readily beunderstood.

l. In a cut-oft, the combination, with the supporting-pipe having asliding section, of the cistern-pipe having its upper end provided withcurved edges forming a seat, and the angle-elbowcomposed of straightsections, one of the sections being hinged intermediate its ends to oneside of the seat, whereby the elbow is adapted to rest on Athe seat andclose the top ot the cistern-pipe, substantially as described.

2. In a eut-ott", the combination of the eistern-pipe having its upperend provided with a scat, the elbow hinged to the cistern-pipe andadapted to rest in the seat and having -f'langes ll, and the supply-pipehaving the sliding section adapted to engage either the elbow or theupper end ot the cistern-pipe, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELBRIDGE G. WEST.

Witnesses:

J. H. ALKnRsoN, O. M. CLARK.

